Please Ban My Book, I Need the Exposure
Presales numbers are important to publishers, and a high-profile banishment is the 2024 version of an Oprah’s Book Club Sticker.
Andrew Belfry's work has appeared in McSweeney's, Slackjaw, Frazzled Humor, and elsewhere. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Rhode Island and holds an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Presales numbers are important to publishers, and a high-profile banishment is the 2024 version of an Oprah’s Book Club Sticker.